Target Recalls Circo Child Booster Seats Due to Buckle Failure
Target is expanding a recall of Circo child booster seats because the restraint buckle can open unexpectedly, allowing a child to fall and be injured.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (child safety seat) where injury has been reported (bumps and bruises), but no serious injuries or deaths are documented, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products with reported minor injuries.
Plain-English summary
Target is expanding its recall of Circo child booster seats following additional reports of the restraint buckle opening unexpectedly. The recall involves about 375,000 units, including those sold as early as 2005. The plastic booster seats are blue with green trim and a white plastic restraint buckle, and they attach to an adult chair to boost a child to a table.
The hazard is that the buckle can open unexpectedly, allowing a child to fall from the chair and be injured. Target has received 10 additional reports of the buckles opening, including three reports of bumps and/or bruises when a child fell forward out of the booster seat and hit an object or the floor.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled booster seats and return them to any Target store for a full refund. The seats were sold at Target stores nationwide from January 2005 through June 2009 for about $13. For more information, consumers can contact Target at (800) 440-0680 or visit www.target.com.
The recalled product
- Product
- Circo Child Booster Seats
- Manufacturer
- Target, of Minneapolis, Minn.
- Affected units
- 375,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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